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NASAAndromeda in Ultraviolet (10/14/2009)

In a break from its usual task of searching for distant cosmic explosions, NASA's Swift satellite acquired the highest-resolution view of a neighboring spiral galaxy ever attained in the ultraviolet. The galaxy, known as M31 in the constellation Andromeda, is the largest and closest spiral galaxy to our own. This mosaic of M31 merges 330 individual images taken by Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope. The image shows a region 200,000 light-years wide and 100,000 light-years high (100 arcminutes by 50 arcminutes). Image Credit: NASA/Swift/
Stefan Immler (GSFC) and Erin Grand (UMCP)


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Mediatype: image
Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1492.html
Date: 10/14/2009
Year: 2009
Rights: Public Domain
What: Swift
What: Constellation
What: Andromeda
Where: M31
Where: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Identifier: 393950main_Swift_M31_large_UV_full
Addeddate: 2009-12-02 00:20:48
Publicdate: 2009-12-02 00:20:52
Keywords: What -- Swift; What -- Constellation; What -- Andromeda; Where -- M31; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

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